Archive - Steve Peterson
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Steve Peterson has been in the game business for 30 years now as a designer (co-designer of the Champions RPG among others), a marketer (for various software companies) and a lecturer. Follow him on Twitter @20thLevel.
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Word of Mouth: The Top Quotes of 2012
4 months ago The industry had no shortage of interesting comments this year; here's a look at the good, the bad, and the bizarre
OpenFeint co-founder Peter Relan unveils OpenKit
5 months ago Relan's new open source toolkit on iOS and Android allows developers to plug into backend services
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Gamers rule: Only 10% of the industry's $50 billion comes from casuals
5 months ago The Game Monetization Summit offered some crucial advice from key players and discussed the secrets of whales
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Pachter: Activision to buy Take-Two, Nintendo becoming "completely irrelevant"
5 months ago At Game Monetization Summit analyst also says Call of Duty is a “failure”, Zynga is a “train wreck”, and more
Growth of Asian app sales a "major tectonic shift"
5 months ago App Annie on the rise and rise of East Asian revenues, Google Play, Supercell and more
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Zynga no longer leashed to Facebook
5 months ago An SEC filing reveals the end of their special agreement; the share price drops
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Chillingo: Ruthless mobile platform has "no room for anything except perfection"
5 months ago COO Ed Rumley explains why independent developers need a mobile game publisher
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Ready to Rumble: The Reinvention of The Games Publisher
5 months ago Rumble CEO Greg Richardson, former head of BioWare/Pandemic, on how free-to-play and mobile will grow the industry to $100 billion
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Tablet Wars and The Future of a Mass Market Games Platform
6 months ago Supercell, ngmoco, Bolt, Playfirst, Rumble and more explore the future of the fast-growing tablet market
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DDM Agency: "The midcore market has been really brutal"
6 months ago Joe Minton, co-founder of DDM, talks with us about the death of midcore and the state of the industry for developers
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Wii U launch: Reactions mixed, software already discounted
6 months ago Reviewers are cautiously optimistic, while some retailers have actually discounted Wii U software
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Xbox, PS3, PS Vita: Holiday hardware sale
6 months ago The Black Friday deals include $149 Xbox 360, $199 PS3, $199 PS Vita
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GameStop: Trying to change faster than the market declines
6 months ago The traditional retail market continues to shrink, but the company fights to diversify with digital, kids and print offerings
Wii U attach rate strong says GameStop
6 months ago Pre-orders for Wii U games are more than double the number of consoles pre-ordered
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Gree reports revenue up 25%, profits down
6 months ago The Japanese mobile social giant is spending more on expansion
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Activision under fire: stock hits its lowest point in a year
6 months ago Activision investors have become bearish. Analysts discuss the publisher's prospects
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Next-gen consoles need next-gen business models
Opinion 6 months ago It's time for a revolutionary change in the game business or consoles will be left behind
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7 Navy SEALs disciplined for working on Medal of Honor: Warfighter
6 months ago Navy says they revealed classified information; 4 others under investigation. [UPDATE: EA has no plans to alter game content]
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EA: Building a bridge between data miners and designers
6 months ago Kristian Segerstrale talks about the "perfect combination of art and science" and the inevitability of free-to-play dominating the market
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Activision: big fish in a shrinking pond
6 months ago As console sales continue to decline across the market, concerns are raised for 2013 and beyond
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Jordan Mechner, Karateka and the gaming renaissance
6 months ago From Apple II to Apple iOS, the game designer reboots a classic for the digital era
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THQ stands over the abyss as stock nosedives nearly 50%
6 months ago We analyze what may be the publisher's last earnings call
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King.com CEO: "Hit-proofing" a hit-driven business
6 months ago The CEO of the #2 Facebook game company on how it plans to conquer mobile games next
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Wargaming CEO on the "beauty and the curse" of free-to-play
6 months ago Victor Kislyi shares his secrets of success, aspirations for World of Warplanes, and admits that World of Tanks "looked like a piece of crap"
DeNA: "Coming out of hibernation"
6 months ago The mobile game giant's US subsidiary has signed up 10 new developers and talks with us about its evolving business
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